ideas for Mozilla integration

[Igor Gueths]

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This is very true. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying I don't like what 
Freedombox has done with Mozilla. I do in fact think it's a step in the 
right direction, however the point of my post is that this should be 
considered I think. My impression is that Matt himself wants to release 
the code, Mike just won't go along with it. 
On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 03:20:38PM -0500, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> Yes, and what enrages me is that if only microsoft gpld the windows
> source code, windows would be a much better os, which would of course
> be a benefit to all. The fact that windows is proprietary software is
> in my opinion wrong and UN ethical. Think I can do anything about it?
> I'd like to sue the pants off of Gates and microsoft, think I can
> successfully pull it off?
> 
> While we're at it, let's go sue GW-Micro and Freedom Scientific, for
> making us pay big bucks for their offerings, and not putting them
> under the GPL like Kirk did with speakup.
> 
> My point is that unfortunately, like it or not, proprietary code has
> many proponents, and is at least for now here to stay. Have you also
> considered the fact that Freedombox would have been perfectly
> justified in ignoring the GNU/Linux blind community, and just had a
> version of their software for windows, like many, many other
> companies?
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 04:01:35PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> > I do in fact have my facts straight. However, what enrages me the most 
> > is the fact that code that could be of great bennifit to the main 
> > Mozilla browser in terms of accessibility, is instead in the hands of a 
> > proprietary company. I am aware of the fact that he did not modify 
> > Mozilla itself, however I still believe their actions to be completely 
> > unethical. Consider this example. There is a hypothetical idea posted to 
> > one or more of the Mozilla project development lists proposing that a 
> > component be created that would provide software speech output for all 
> > browser output. If the Freedombox interface were released, all the 
> > developers would have to do is integrate that code into the existing 
> > API. However, they can't do that because this wonderful addition happens 
> > to be...proprietary. Not to mention the fact that Gnopernicus is far 
> > from ready. 
> 
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